Afterfeelings

[Lisa Heft]

Okay, you can tell I am catching up on an ocean of emails.

Raffi wrote about how he feels he has to recharge his batteries after
facilitating an OS.

Eva wrote that she gets that feeling after most other kinds of meetings
or trainings, but she is filled with energy after holding space.

As for me, I get physically tired from standing up all day(s), moving
furniture or picking up coffee cups as needed (that is why they pay us
the really big bucks - coffee cups and furniture).  But I have a great
sense of peaceful calm energy post-OS facilitation.  Though typically I
want to go outside and do something like lay out on the grass or take a
walk to smell the breezes.  And I have a great need to eat protein (!).
Oh...and a glass of wine is nice.  

Oh but that is another story (a winy one).

I remember a conversation some of us had at OSonOS '01 in Vancouver -
about how for some of us we are able to live in Open Space all the time
- and/or we may work and live in environments that allow us to have
peacefulness and to direct our own time and energy to whatever is
emergent.  And for others, while our heart and spirit live in Open
Space, we must 'climb into' another 'shape' (the 'regular' way in our
life or our workplace on Monday morning or whatever) after the OS event,
and that maybe for these people it 'hurts' more after opening one's self
up so freely when holding space.  That dissonance; that having to 'fit
back into the other shape' afterwards.

What have others experienced?

Cheers,
Lisa

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O p e n i n g  S p a c e
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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Eva P
Svensson
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 5:55 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: SV: Facilitator

Hi Raffi!
I have the opposite reaction - when I facilitate "ordinary" trainings I
am
quite exhausted afterwards. But after holding space - I am mostly very
much
filled with the energy in the room. One exception though - after my
"Open
Space on tour" this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the "taster of
ost"
with breakfast and lunch meeting of 1,5 h each, 3 days a road - now I am
quite exhausted! - (I will write a separate report of how it went to the
list)But for now - just know that it went very well!
:o)
Eva


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EPS Human Invest AB
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företag
och organisationer!"
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eva at epshumaninvest.se,  www.epshumaninvest.se
 
 

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Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] För Raffi
Aftandelian
Skickat: den 6 oktober 2005 21:00
Till: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Ämne: Re: Facilitator

Jack,
I am still not sure why your questions are important and have been
pondering them. They elicit a "huh" reaction from me, which is usually
an indication that the questions touch on something very deep.

Harrison, your comments about the bird and holding it reminded me of
something else I have been thinking about recently: what happens with
me physically after the OST meeting as a facilitator.

I am realizing more and more how exhausting this facilitating is. Yes,
it is joyful, satisfying, even fun. But, it takes at least a day of down
time before I am in shape to do anything else.

I was surprised to see how tired I was from this recent 4 hour OST
meeting the following day.

I'd be curious to know what is the limit in the number of OST meetings
people can run in a month.

Raffi

                          mailto:raffi at bk.ru

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